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THE EARLY LIFE OF MR. MAN. Illustrated in color. 

THE STORY OF NOAH’S ARK. Illustrated in color. 

THE STORY OF POCAHONTAS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, 
trated in color. 

THE RAILROAD BOOK. Illustrated in color. 

THE SEASHORE BOOK. Illustrated in color. 

THE FARM BOOK. Illustrated in color. 


Books specially illustrated in color by E. Boyd Smith 
IVAN HOE. By Sir Walter Scott. 

TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. By Richard Henry Dana, Jr 
ROBINSON CRUSOE. By Daniel Defoe. 

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 
Boston and New York 


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COPYRIGHT. 1914. by E. BOYD SMITH 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 

PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 1914 






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LIST OF COLORED PLATES 


PLATE PLATE 


I. 

THE BEGINNING 

13 

BIRTH OF MUSIC 

2. 

THE BiRTH OF PAIN 

14 - 

THE FIRST GARDENS 

3 - 

INTRODUCTION OF FIRE 

IS- 

THE MASON 

4 - 

THE CAVE DWELLERS 

16. 

THE SHEPHERD 

5 - 

THE FISHER 

17- 

TROUBLE 

6. 

THE NAVIGATOR 

18. 

WAR 

7 - 

THE SPORTS 

19 - 

THE BLACKSMITH 

8. 

COLD TIMES 

20. 

TRADE 

9 

THE HUNTER 

21. 

POLITICS 

lO. 

GRIM DAYS 

22. 

CONFUSION 

II. 

THE POTTER 

23. 

THE FLOOD 


12. THE DAWN OF ART 


THE EARLY LIFE OF MR. MAN 


I. THE BEGINNING 

This is the story of Mr. Man — and the beginning of things. 

How he first came we cannot tell, for no one remembers, 
unless perhaps the Stork. 

But here he is, arrived without warning, one bright tertiary 
day. 

The beasts and birds stared in wonder at this strange little 
being, so furless and featherless, and little dreamed that they 
saw their master. 

He looked about him, and laughed — the first laugh the 
world had heard — a happy invention, which we use to this 
day. Things were to his liking; he reached out to seize the 
earth — and found his toes. 







2. THE BIRTH OF PAIN 


He grew — and stood upright, and used his hands as no 
creature had done. 

Now life was easy, and his neighbors friendly, but still — he 
wanted something. And out of the unknown his wife came. 
•And he was happy. 

He was content to ruminate, but she, more curious — the 
eternal feminine — would know the taste of every fruit — and 
tried them on him. 

And so by chance he ate a green apple — and suffered — for 
green apples were then as now. 

Thus first came pain into the world. 






3. INTRODUCTION OF FIRE 

The next thing that happened to Mr. Man and his large 
family — for by now there were a great many of them — was 
that they learned to make a fire. And though they burned their 
fingers they found it useful. — Story tells us that one Prome- 
theus first brought it to the earth, at great personal inconven- 
ience. 

As all the other creatures were afraid of it, the menfolk felt 
quite superior and put on airs. Naturally the others did n’t like 
this, and the old friendship began to wear thin in spots. 





4. THE CAVE DWELLERS 

When it rained, our early ancestors, who by now had learned 
to come in, scrambled with the beasts for the choice holes in 
the rocks, for they were all troglodytes then. 

With the help of fire Mr. Man held his dry, warm cave 
against the strongest. Now this caused friction, and even ill 
feeling. 

During one of these storms it was accidentally discovered 
that a soaking had sometimes a good effect, and improved the 
complexion, and Mr. Man, with an open mind, saw new pos- 
sibilities in water. Soap was then not known. 









5. THE FISHER 

They were all vegetarians, but as their families and appe- 
tites grew faster than the fruit supplies, the food question ac- 
quired a certain importance. 

Just here Mr. Man noticed that the Pelicans and Flamingoes 
caught fish for their meals. Being enterprising, he too caught 
one, tried it, and liked it. 

From that day he became a fisher, and developed that won- 
derful patience, capable of sitting all day at the end of a line. 

He was very daring in pursuit of big fish, but often mis- 
judged his strength. Sometimes the fish got away, sometimes 
he did. 






6. THE NAVIGATOR 


Early man took to water quite naturally. He learned to swim 
by watching how the frogs did it. He rode logs, made rafts, 
and poled along the streams. 

And then, a genius got the brilliant idea of hollowing out a 
log. He did this by building fires on it and burning out the 
heart, then scraped it deeper with sharp stones. And the first 
“dugout” canoe was completed, and launched. 

The proud inventor took his large family out for a row. 
And navigation was born, and the waters became highways 
for Mr. Man, 



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7. THE SPORTS 


The sports must have begun very early, for their beginnings 
cannot be traced. Few authentic records have come down 
to us. 

But it seems that there came a time when Mr. Man and 
some of the beasts did n’t agree very well, and said things to 
each other. The rhinoceros was cantankerous, and right here 
began that great “ sprinting ” ability of which we are so proud. 
It is even thought that in those early days some of the best 
speed records were established. 

The “ broad jump ” also was invented. And that noble sport 
of “ putting the shot.” 






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8. COLD TIMES 


“ And then there came both snow and ice, and it grew won- 
drous cold.” The easy days were gone. The rivers froze. They 
could get no fish. Nor fruit. And hunger was known, for 
Mr. Man, already a creature of habit, liked to eat daily. 

And now began that great struggle for existence, and the 
consequent “survival of the fittest,” we have heard so much 
about. And the weak hid from the strong. 

Many were lost in this long cold snap. Mr. Man was so 
impressed that even to this day his descendants attach great 
importance to getting something to eat. 





9. THE HUNTER 

Now began a bitter war between Mr. Man and what we call 
the carnivorous animals. No one knows which began the quar- 
rel. He claimed that the hungry beasts got into the bad habit 
of eating his children, while they maintained that he, because 
he had no fur, attacked them to get their skins, and, naturally, 
they objected. 

At any rate Mr. Man became a mighty hunter. He invented 
weapons. The bow and arrow, and spear. 

When supplies were low, the “lady of the house” would 
stimulate his energy, and the doughty hunter found it advis- 
able to go out and face the grizzly bear. 



10. GRIM DAYS 


In those “iron” days few reached the rheumatic age. Mrs. 
Man complained that it was very difficult to bring up a family. 
This was the real beginning of the “ high cost of living ” 
troubles. 

Mr. Man, though brave, had to learn at great cost his limita- 
tions, — his descendants sometimes have the same trouble. 
He once attacked the marauding Brontasaurus. Now the 
Brontasaurus was a good-natured creature, but he would n’t 
stand everything, and in the fight Mr. Man was stepped on. 
The survivors learned a severe lesson, and since then no 
one ever hunts the Brontasaurus, no indeed. 








II. THE POTTER 


This long winter passed away. The “strenuous life” was 
forgotten, and Mr. Man developed a desire to be comfortable 
— we still feel its effects. 

His offspring made mud pies, — offspring still do, — he 
noticed that these pies hardened in the sun, and an idea 
struck him. He moulded the clay into a rude bowl. When 
the sun had baked it he found it would hold water. And 
pottery was born. 

It filled a great need, his wife found she could cook in it, 
and make stews and such good things. So one thing leads 
to another. 



12. THE DAWN OF ART 


Mr. Man took to thinking, ideas came to him, and he had to 
get relief. He played with color. And here arose the artist. He 
decorated the “ Art ” cave with rude pictures. The sculptor with 
flints carved his weapons and tools. And the beauty wave 
spread. 

The ladies, it is said, painted their faces, and even hung or- 
naments from their ears and noses, — this was of course long 
ago. 

The artist portrayed the story of the chase on skins, and 
certain men to-day claim that this was the beginning of news- 
papers, and point to the “Sunday Supplements.” 


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13 . BIRTH OF MUSIC 

The art movement grew, — and Mr. Man aspired to higher 
things. Soon music came into being. 

His children had long found pleasure in pounding on bowls 
and jars, for they loved noise just for itself. From this, in- 
genious Man, by stretching a skin across a jar top, invented 
the drum, and this charming music at once became popular. 
The horn and the stringed instruments followed. And melody 
softened the rude life of long ago. 

From music sprang the dance — sprang and hopped and 
cavorted in carefree grace. It still is doing so. 




13 . BIRTH OF MUSIC 

The art movement grew, — and Mr. Man aspired to higher 
things. Soon music came into being. 

His children had long found pleasure in pounding on bowls 
and jars, for they loved noise just for itself. From this, in- 
genious Man, by stretching a skin across a jar top, invented 
the drum, and this charming music at once became popular. 
The horn and the stringed instruments followed. And melody 
softened the rude life of long ago. 

From music sprang the dance — sprang and hopped and 
cavorted in carefree grace. It still is doing so. 



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14 . THE FIRST GARDENS 

Now Mr. Man found thinking like an interesting game, and 
reasoned with his fellows. Some thought that they had evoluted 
from the mollusk, while others hotly objected to this as lacking 
dignity, and claimed a separate creation, — This dispute still 
rages. 

Meanwhile the ladies took up gardening, swapped seeds, 
compared plants, etc. 

The cabbage early gained favor, and that famous dish, 
corned beef and cabbage, was created. 

In those days the women insisted on doing all the heavy 
work, so that the men should not be wearied. These had noth- 
ing to do but go out and fight the tiger and grizzly bear. 



15 - THE MASON 

Conditions being now settled and favorable the race of Man 
waxed and increased, and the caves became crowded, and new 
ones, or what was most like them, had to be built. And the 
mason appeared. The mason whose descendants to-day make 
our walls and chimneys — and unions and strikes, and such 
things. 

This brought about a change in the feelings of Mr. Man, 
for now he became a property owner. “ Things ” acquired a 
great importance, his house, his tools, and weapons, and gar- 
den, and he found himself tied down, and his old careless 
freedom gone. Progress, he discovered, had disadvantages. 





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i6. THE SHEPHERD 


And now as the crowding increased Mr. Man and his family 
had to seek new fields, where game might be found, and the 
farms were not run out. So men wandered over the world, 
some driving before them their flocks of sheep, or goats. And 
they got to be strangers to each other. And the great original 
family was broken up into a number of smaller ones, which 
each formed new tribes. 

And those who had not, envied those who had. They forgot 
that they all started even. And the good feeling of the days 
of the simple life departed. 



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17 . TROUBLE 

In those days the ladies were very proud of their gardens, 
and when, as sometimes happened, the wandering tribes would 
drive their flocks through them, trouble arose. For trespassing 
on gardens, it seems, nobody would stand, and bad feeling was 
always the result. 

Of course as usual each side blamed the other. We probably 
will never know which started the quarrel. Some say that 
these nomads took pies, set out on the window shelf to cool, 
and the taste made them wild and covetous. And pies, though 
one of the early inventions, which have knitted civilization 
together, have been known to cause trouble. 




i8. WAR 


Right here strife began, for these wild tribes of the plains 
once having tasted pie made descents on the villages. They 
joyously called them “pie raids,” from which, some professors 
contend, came our modern “ pirates.” 

Things were not well balanced, the shepherds had plenty 
of meat but few vegetables, and no pastry, the others were 
somewhat lacking in meat. So they took to raiding each other. 
And War, cruel war was on, and raged wherever two strange 
tribes met. Fortunately this was long ago. 







ig. THE BLACKSMITH 

War and rumors of war overspread the land. Men took to 
building their homes on cliffs, for better protection, some even 
out in the lakes on piles, and there was general distrust and 
defiance everywhere. Then began the principle of union, for 
defence — ^not the labor kind, that came later. 

About this time Mr. Man learned to work in metals, first 
with copper, then bronze, and later iron, and the blacksmith 
became a power. But this wonderful advance was turned 
mainly to the making of weapons for war, swords, spears 
and axes, alas. 










20. TRADE 


Now some like fighting better than other work. So began 
soldiers, and armies. 

Others discovered an easier way of getting as good results, 
and invented trade. They swapped things with their enemies. 
This trading was not always free from guile, and the dwellers 
in towns often had the best of the bargains. A case was even 
known of a rather careworn horse being swapped for a per- 
fectly good cow. The after results were not conducive to peace. 

Some of our “First” families had their beginning in this 
humble trade ; of course it was so long ago that they have 
forgotten it. 



21. POLITICS 


In time towns and tribes grew larger and forms of gov- 
ernment had to be invented. From this grew politics — and 
“bosses” — for in those days there were such. 

Now the idlers about the blacksmith shop, who gave the 
smith advice, discovered that he prospered, and they were left 
behind, and claimed that there was no justice. To these the 
“ bosses ” promised much on “ election ” day. 

Then arose the “ good ” boss whose creed was very simple, 
and so human, “ Every one is wrong but me.” He was very 
modest, all he asked was to be allowed to run things. 




22. CONFUSION 


New parties were always being invented, each promising 
more than the others, which caused confusion, and even dis- 
trust. And there was trouble and disorder, and riot, and 
“unrest.” 

In those times the women voted like the men, but they re- 
belled, and claimed they had too much of men’s work to do 
as it was. They campaigned crying, “ Give us back our free- 
dom,” and were very violent, and the men were forced to 
yield, for, as Kipling says, . . . 

And Noah who held aloof from it all said, “This surely 
cannot last.” 


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23. THE FLOOD 

It is thought that much of this trouble and confusion was 
caused by a protracted hot wave. This spell was at last broken 
by a series of thunder storms and cloud bursts. 

Even the oldest inhabitant couldn’t remember such a down- 
pour — though of course he began by saying it rained harder 
when he was young. And it rained and rained. And put an 
end to the politics — and all other troubles — even to the thun- 
dering of the good boss. And still it rained — till all was water 
everywhere. And this was the end of the early life of Mr. 
Man.' 

' An account of the adventures of the survivors is to be found in “ The Story of Noah’s 
Ark.” 













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